The Book of Goose: A Novel

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By Yiyun Li, professor of creative writing

Published Sept. 23, 2022

When Agnès learns that her childhood best friend, Fabienne, is dead, she revisits the time they shared—in which a secret plan was the only way to escape their war-torn home in the French countryside. Li’s latest novel, The Book of Goose (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), is a story of intimacy and obsession, of exploitation and strength of will.

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PAW's July/August 2025 issue cover, featuring a photo of people dressed in orange and black, marching in the P-rade, and the headline: Reunions, Back in Orange & Black.
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